AN: Sometimes, I write weird scenes, this is one of those scenes. Post Line…

The Sound of Music

"You wait, little girl, on an empty stage

For fate to turn the light on…

Your life, little girl, is an empty page

That men will want to write on.

You are sixteen going on seventeen

Baby, it's time to think

Better beware, be canny and careful

Baby, you're on the brink.

You need someone older and wiser

Telling you what to do,

I am seventeen going on eighteen

I'll take care of you.

I am sixteen going on seventeen

I know that I'm naive

Fellows I meet may tell me I'm sweet

And willingly I believe

I am sixteen going on seventeen

Innocent as a rose

Bachelor dandies, drinkers of brandies

What do I know of those?

Totally unprepared am I...

To face a world of men

Timid and shy and scared am I

Of things beyond my ken.

I need someone older and wiser

Telling me what to do,

You are seventeen going on eighteen

I'll depend on you."

-Sixteen Going On Seventeen, Sound of Music

"I can't believe you're making me watching this."

"The Sound of Music happens to be an awesome film!" Lucy argued in response.

"So, let me get this straight, you, Lucy Karate, actually enjoy musicals?"

The girl in question took a deep breath and admitted, "Yes. I know it's shocking, but I totally and completely do…and if you tell anyone on my Line, I will have to kill you."

Sam waited a beat and then confirmed, "Seriously?"

Lucy looked away, as her cheeks pinked and answered, "Hey, you're the first guy I've ever told. Mandy and Gina know, but that's about it."

"Is that why you always hide your iPod?"

"Maybe…"

Desperate to change the subject, Lucy grabbed the remote and turned up the volume, drowning out Sam's not so great attempt to hide his laughter, and continued coolly, "This just so happens to be one of my favorite scenes."

Resisting the urge to sing along, Lucy settled in, and leaned back, content to watch. A few minutes into the scene, Sam jammed the pause button on Liesl and Rolf who were prancing the gazebo, and said plainly, "This song isn't so bad."

"Yeah?"

"I mean, he does have a point."

"What are you talking about?" Lucy asked skeptically.

"C'mon, it may be a little outdated and oldfashioned, but Rolf is just looking out for Liesel – he's older, he has more life experience."

"Sam, I hate to break it to you, but Rolf ends up going with the Nazi's."

The snare drummer looked down, but continued his argument, "What? Wouldn't you ever depend on me?"

Lucy tried to hold back a laugh and then burst into hysteric giggles, finally replying, "I hate to break it to you, but me and dear Liesl don't have a lot in common."

"What do you mean?"

"Oh, I may be sixteen going on seventeen, but I am not totally unprepared to face a world of men – I've been around dudes for the last three years. I don't think I'm all that naïve."

Sam tried to hold back his look of disappointment, so Lucy cuddled up to him and added shyly, "But I don't mind you looking out for me, after all, you are seventeen going on eighteen."

AN: Maybe you've noticed (then again, maybe it's egotistical of me to think you have noticed), but I'm taking a bit of a break from the ole' MB genre. I can't force Major Pain right now, but will come back to it when I feel I can do a better job.

On a random side note, goldnote has promised me a surprise / bonus chapter of The Season, which I'll post as soon as I get it.